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A Columbus police officer who was recorded on video threatening to "empty a magazine" into the car of a complying driver has resigned from the department.

Keith Dowd, 48, submitted his resignation letter late Thursday, according to Columbus city public information officer Joe Dillon. It will be effective Monday.

On Thursday, Columbus Police Department's Citizen Overview Committee unanimously recommended that Dowd be fired. The city council was set to decide the officer's fate in executive session at its regular meeting on Tuesday.

Dowd was being investigated for misuse of power and possible racial profiling. Initially, Police Chief Oscar Lewis issued Dowd a written reprimand and didn't recommend suspension or termination. Mayor Robert Smith and City Attorney Jeff Turnage, after watching the body camera footage, reopened the investigation.

The Dispatch obtained a copy of the footage via an Open Records Act request.

He was placed on paid administrative leave on Wednesday. Smith said the city also was looking into at least two previous instances where Dowd "exhibited similar behavior" on traffic stops since he started working at CPD on July 24.

Dowd previously worked for Jackson Police Department and the University of Mississippi Medical Center Campus Police Dept. He was suspended at least once while at JPD for an incident where he handcuffed a local television station videographer for trying to film the scene of a fatal wreck involving another officer.